Mogannia conica ( Germar, 1830 )

Chen, Xiao, Yang, Mingsheng & Wei, Cong, 2012, Review of the cicada genus Mogannia Amyot & Serville from China, with descriptions of three new species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 3568, pp. 1-35 : 3-5

Mogannia conica ( Germar, 1830)

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Cicada conica Germar, 1830: 39 .

Mogannia illustrata Amyot & Serville, 1843: 467 .

Cephaloxys hemelytra Signoret, 1847: 295 .

Mogannia indicans Walker, 1850: 249 .

Mogannia ignifera Walker, 1850: 249 .

Mogannia avicula Walker, 1850: 250 .

Mogannia recta Walker, 1858: 39 .

Mogannia histrionica Uhler, 1862: 283 .

Mogannia conica Stål, 1862: 483 ; Distant, 1906: 152; Liu, 1978: 142; Duffels & van der Laan, 1985: 179; Chou et al., 1997: 108.

Description. Head ( Fig. 1 A–D) black, with dark ochraceous longitudinal fascia medially in dorsal view; postclypeus longer than vertex in dorsal view; apex of vertex with tuft of brown hairs; compound eye black; ocellus ochraceous. Distance between lateral ocellus and corresponding eye slightly shorter than distance between lateral ocelli. Postclypeus and anteclypeus reddish ochraceous; gena dark brown, with tuft of golden hairs. Rostrum brown, extending to apex of mid coxae.

Pronotum ( Fig. 1 C) black, with median dark ochraceous longitudinal fascia which is constricted medially; posterior margin of pronotal collar tinged with ochraceous. Mesonotum ( Fig. 1 C) black, slightly narrower than pronotal collar, with reddish median ochraceous longitudinal fascia extending from anterior margin to cruciform elevation in dorsal view; cruciform elevation ochraceous,; lateral sides of cruciform elevation with short brown hairs. Ventral surface of thorax dark brown.

Legs ( Fig. 1 G) mostly dark brown; fore femur with primary spine prostrate, nearly appressed; secondary and subapical spines erect; secondary spine sharp and short; subapical spine broadened, nearly flat.

Fore wing ( Fig. 1 A–B) with basal half mostly brown, apical half hyaline; basal cell light yellow; basal membrane red. Hind wing hyaline, with basal part red.

Abdomen ( Fig. 1 A–B) cylindrical and mostly dark ochraceous, with short brown hairs and yellowish brown longitudinal fasciae near midline of body. Timbal cover ( Fig. 1 F) fuscous, small and narrow; timbal with eight ribs and seven intercalary ribs, caudal five ribs fused at base. Ventral surface of abdomen mostly red; sternites IV–VII somewhat dark brown sub-marginally. Male operculum ( Fig. 1 E) blackish brown, short, falcate; tympanum exposed; opercula widely separated from each other.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 2 A–D). Pygofer barrel-shaped in ventral view; dorsal beak long, protruding upwards in lateral view; basal lobe of pygofer short, with apex acute; upper lobe of pygofer very long, slender and curved upwards in lateral view; distal shoulder broadly rounded and convex submarginally, forming a distinct submargin in lateral view. Clasper in ventral view undulated, with median clasper process long, digitate, apical half slightly curved laterally; lateral clasper lobe short and rounded. Prominent lobe-like process at both sides of base of aedeagus long, digitate. Aedeagus bifurcate subapically in ventral view, usually with five long and one short spine-like processes apically and subapically, which are curved in different directions. Posterior margin of sternite VII rounded.

Female pygofer with dorsal beak slender; posterior margin of sternite VII with large median incision.

Measurements (93, 10Ƥ) (in mm). Body length: 3 10.5–15.0, Ƥ 12.5–17.0; fore wing length: 3 12.5–15.0, Ƥ 13.5–16.0; fore wing width: 3 4.5–5.0, Ƥ 4.5–6.0; width of head including eyes: 3 3.0–3.5, Ƥ 3.0–4.0; pronotum width (including pronotal collar): 3 5.0–5.6, Ƥ 5.0–6.5; mesonotum width: 3 4.0–4.5, Ƥ 4.0–5.5.

Material examined. 1Ƥ ( IZAS), Guangdong Prov., Mt. Dadongshan, 24-VIII-1960, coll. Jiang Shengqiao; 1Ƥ ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Fengkai, 7-IX-1992, coll. Zheng Haoqiu; 1Ƥ ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Mt. Dadongshan, 7-VII-1995, coll. Chen Zhenzhe; 13 ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Mt. Dadongshan, 3-VI-1998, coll. Chen Zhenzhe; 1Ƥ ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Fengkai, 15-VII-1999, coll. You Jing; 1Ƥ ( SYSU), Guizhou Prov., Guiyang, 19-VIII-1992, coll. Ai Xinyu; 13 ( NWAFU), Yunnan Prov., Yongping, 28-V-1955, coll. Yang Xingchi; 13 ( IZAS), Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, 13-IV-1958, coll. Hong Chunpei; 1Ƥ ( NWAFU), Yunnan Prov., Baoshan, 24-VI-1974, coll. Chou Io; 13 ( IZAS), Yunnan Prov., Yiwu, 30-IV-1964, coll. Zhang Baolin; 13 ( IZAS), Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, 31-V-1958, coll. Wang Shuyong; 1Ƥ ( IZAS), Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, 1-VI- 1958, coll. Wang Shuyong; 43 ( NWAFU), Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, 10-IV-1958, coll. Cheng Hanhua; 1Ƥ ( NWAFU), Yunnan Prov., Jinping, 15-VI-1956, coll. Huang Keren; 1Ƥ ( CAU), Guangxi Prov., 14-VI -1963, coll. Yang Jikun; 1Ƥ ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Nonggang, 15-VI-1983, coll. Liu Sikong; 1Ƥ ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Yong’an, 11-VII-2006, coll. Liang Lianying.

Biology. Unknown.

Variations. Some examined specimens with ground colour of body mostly dark brown or even a bit reddish, basal half of fore wing with various stripes.

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet), India, Nepal, Malaysia.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Mogannia conica (Germar), male. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, ventral view; C. head and thorax, dorsal view; D. face; E. thorax and anterior part of abdomen, ventral view; F. timbal and timbal cover, dorsal view; G. left fore leg, showing the spines on fore femur.

FIGURE 2. Mogannia conica (Germar), male. A, C. male genitalia, left lateral view; B, D. male genitalia, ventral view. bsl, basal lobe of pygofer; lcl, lateral clasper lobe; llp, lobe-like process; mcp, median clasper process; upl, upper lobe of pygofer; un, uncus.